St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-16
In Which She Reserves the
Chief Item of News for
the Postscript.
Dubuque Agitated by the Ex-
ploSion OF a Bomb in a
Factory.
Was Engel a Bigamist?---Pro-
viding for the Families Of
the Dead Men.
Special to the Globe.


New YORK, Nov. Is. "A let
ter written by Miss Nina Van
Zandt Oh September II is published to-
day, of which the following are ex-
tracts:
My dear Mr.. Lazarus: Since the re-
ceipt of yours of the 18th inst. new
crisis has been reached; the blow has
fallen. Seven honorable judges have
unanimously condemned to death seven
innocent human lives, and widowed
seven women and orphaned no less than
nineteen little children. Not alone this,
they have invented new case of their
own. I'll simply cite one out of many
examples. A StenOgraphic report of A.
Il. Parsons speech at the Haymarket,
was introduced in the Gary comedy as
evidence in favor of Parsons. This is
what he SAID in substance: No, do not
try to hang Mccormick or any other
capitalist. A hundred would only
spring up in his place. Aim at
the system, not at an Individual
This was in answer to a suggestion
from the crowd that McCormick's life
shall pay for the six wOrkmen whom he
had ordered shot down in cold blood the
day before. You see it proves that poor
Parsons hadn't an idea of stirring up
the crowd to do any overt act, and so
Gary and Grinneu admitted. But the
judges of the supreme court have gotten
ahead of Gary and Grinnell. They say
A. r. Parsons said at the Haymarket,
do not murder Mccormick or any other
one man, but murder Ell masse.' See.
Mr.. LaZar, were not the matter so
TEPpIRJ TEPRIDT l. CnT EMN
should laugh every time l think of
that opinion of those judges. All your
suggestions have not glanced off. Sev-
! eral have been acted upon. For ine
stance, my mother wrote TO the Rev.
Dwight l.. Moody, telling him the truth
rather. fraction of it-concerning
this prospective assassination. She
has had, of course, no answer yet. You
think that | should start cut on a
lecturing tour, and | am, of course, per-
fectly willing, but all of the friends
here say that | must keep quiet, must
not givethe press chance to print new
lies, to put int1ammatory language into
my mouth. This it would do, no differ
ence what said. For the sake of the
man who is, of all living creatures, the
dearest and best to me, | am holding
my tongue. Thanking you for all Your
kind efforts in our behalf. | am ever
yours sincerely, NINA SPIES.
\ BIT OF ROMANCE.
BY the way, / must tell you of re-
markable incident. The millionaire
clothing dealer, Henry w. Knights
magnificent mansion occupies diago-
nal corner from our hOme-had two en-
ployes on the celebrated gentlemen
jury, one or both of whom were
known to have openly thirsted for
the blood of August ct al.
before being empaneled. King knows
this, but will not permit other employees
to testify utO it. Furthermore he has
he has daughter Bessie who is engaged
to be married TO young Charles Bentley.
son of the rich Bently-banker or board
of trade man--Of the south division of
Chicago. Well, the marriage has been
mySteriOusly postponed and now it leaks
out that Bently has bitterly upbraided
old King with aiding and abeIting, legal
murder and consequently King wont let
his daughter marry him. The young
lady VOWS that she'll marry the young
man whether her father cuts her off
without shilling or not. Doesn't this
show how certain influential men of this
town have Schemed? Here is a fashion,
able, wealthy, conventional young man
who cannot bear the idea of silently
cOuntenancing such an atrOcity, and
voluntarily abandOns the old Kings
milliOns-unprecede step.
336 Huron street, Chicago, ILL.,, Sept.
II, 1887.